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BUSINESS DIRECTOR Y
H 9.KALEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
V0TAITP7BZJC AND S24L ESTATX
AGENT,
Red Cloud, Nebraska.
ill BSfOtiatetaaaale of School Bonds, Ac
anwSpecial Agent for School Furni
ture. County Superintendent of Public In-
Mtruction.
J. R. WIIXCOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NOTABT PUBLIC REAL ESTATE
AGENT.
JtED CLOUD - - - - NEBRASKA
VHoeiasteads and Pre-emptions secured.
Special attention siren to papini taxes at a
dtseoaat.
c ASH PAID FOK COUNTY WARRANTS.
IsEE K. E8TELL,
Attorney ft. Counselor at Law,
AND SEAL ESTATE AGENT.
RED CLOUD NEBRASKA.
Will bay and sell Real Estate on commission
sad pay Taxes for non-residents.
49-Special attentionTriven to the location of
Cider the act of Jaae(8th, 1872.
Claims eonteted. and all manner of business
before the U. S. Land Office attended to with
promptness and dispatch.
LOCAL AGENTF0B B. & sL B. B. LANDS.
Immigration Agent for Webster Co.
A. H. BOWEN.
JAS. LAIRD.
BOWEN it LAIRD,
Attorneys at Law
AND
REALJESTATE AGENTS.
fna Will practice in all the Courts of
the State.
JUNIATA - NEBBASSA
PROCTOR HOUSE,
G. D. PROCTOR, - - - Proprietor,
EEBEON, NEBSASEA.
ThaTraveline Public Will find this Ilotel Jo
be first class in every respect.
-CarriRe runs daily to Belvicerc. the near
est Station on the St. Joe A D. C. R. R.
EH JONES,
Watchmaker & Jeweller,
BSD CLOUD, WEBSTEB. COUNTY, NEB
BmTParticular attention given to Re
pairing Fine Watches and
Satisfaction Guarantied.
I. W. TULLEYS,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
Jteeldence One Kile East of Bed Cloui
,in i" iu.u . .
Br.-?
iri'"uii-"ii
Family Physician,
Tenders his services to the Public and
will attend to all Professional calls.
OBce at the Red Cloud Drug Store.
F. P. REED,
Surveyor ft Civil Engineer,
AND
ESTATE AGENT.
REAL
RED CLOUD, NEB.
Will proniDtly attend to all business en
trusted to his care. Corners
established, lines run, &c
tn" City Civil Engineering a Specialty.
CARL WEBER,
G U Jy SMITH
Repairing done on short notice, in the
best style and at reasonable rates.
HARNESS SHOP.
S. V. Ludlow
Is dow prepared to do all kinds of work
IN THE
Harness Line.
The best of materials used, and all
Work WARRANTED.
REPAIRIXe
Dom on short notice and at reasonable
Prices.
Shop in McNrrr's Store.
Keel Clonal NeorasK.
Red Cloud Mills.
JVMTIVE
LUMBER,
Feed and Meal ctnstantlY en
Hand.
' IVCustom Work Warranted.
J. Q. POTTER fe BRO.,
IXD CLOUD, NEE,
W. E- THORN,
Surveyor if Webster County,
WHI aresaatly attend to all calls.
Orders for work asay be left at dork's oSce
via Camrt Hesaa, at Re4 (Head.
Onto addrs-Wells, Webster Co.. Neb.
buck house,
eaoisi sucx, Jn., - - - nannTOB,
FRANKLIN, NEB.
GeW Accemw&datis, Liwery mnd
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
C. L. MATHER, Editor.
THURSDAY, MARCli 12 1874.
CORRESPONDENCE
From all parts of the State and cob n try res
pectfully solicited .
We do not read aaoaytaoas letters and com
munications. The name aud address of the wri
ter are in all cases indispensable, at . ruaraaty
of stood faith.
OJBTOWN.
One year ago our towo presented to
the traveler bat little of local interest, or
showed many signs of activity. To-day
it stand- among its sister towns, a fast
growing village, having wirhin itself the
wealth and talent necessary to success
fully compete with our more favored
neighbors, (o called) along the line of
lailroad.
To-day we have a population of about
500, and daily our numbers are increas
ing. There are some two or three re
ligious organizations, besides a flourish
ing Union Sabbath School, which are
each in its way, helping to keep tip a
good standard of moral and religious
sentiment. The education of our youth
'" "fel.ii,'- mm4 h IKmlinC 7 CAT
will sec greater efforts in their behalf.
The secret societies cf the day are well
patronized here. The Grange has com
menced its work under favorable auspices;,
the Free Masons meet weekly at the Ma
sonic Hall, while the Good Templars are
earnestly engaged in their work of re
deeming the weak and erring from their
courue of elf abasement,
Our hotels are now crowded daily, as
spring opens many farmers are stopping
here, or passing through along the valley.
No reasonable man visits our town
but to admire its location, and speak a
favorable word for its future prosperity.
The settler coming to our town will
find our merchants affable and obliging,
ever ready to wait on their customers
with politeness, and offering goods as
cheap as in any place in the valley.
They are men who have long been in the
business, and who know what the people
want, and also where and when to order
it so as to accommodate the demand.
The legal and med'eal professions are
well represented here, and we fpel our
selves safe in their hands as far as human
agency is concerned, while with the ad
vancement of our town, which U inevita
bly we hold out the hand of welcome to
others who may wish to abide with up.
Among the mechanics we have car
penters, blacksmiths, masons, painters,
shoemakers, etc, who are always on
hand and ready for a job. We still have
room for other professions and trades,
which are and will be seeded. Persons
who are contemplating moving west thi
j-pring, would do well to visit Webster
County, Nebraska, and prove us whether
we say to much when we tell you it is as
floe a localityjwjno be 'found in the
Central-States, aiidfi5T a cfimate suffi
ciently salubrious to satify the most
fastidious Lands are yet cheap for those
who wish to buy, while Uncle Sam's
domain, of which he is making a fine
gift, is by no means exhausted.
Our advantages are daily improving,
and our citizens are striving to make our
town, not a noise and tinkling sound,
but a geuuine, earnest, wide-awake com
munity which will draw to itself the bono
and sinew of our over-populated eastern
cities and villages.
"FSOM T.1E BEPUBLICAN."
" Traveller " writes to the Daily Jour
nal of March 5th, wherein he gives an
account of his remarkable discoveries in
the Republican valley. In his letter he
not only attempts to defeat a project
which the people of Red Cloud have
under consideration, but proceeds to
slander our town and its citizens in a
very ungentlenianly, uncourteous man
ncr. xor instance, he says :
" I ttruck the Republican valley at
Red Cloud, and stayed all night with the
natives. I thought at first that the gen
eral hubbub denoted a presidential elec
tion, hut on direct inquiry 1 found that
the commotion was caused by some as-
Biring youths who wished to have the
L S. land office removed to their place "
Now we wish to inform this "Traveller'
that the natives of Red Cloud, long since
wended their way to the western moun
tains, and their place is filled by such
men as Garber, Eatelle, Kaley, Richard
son, and hosts of others who are as tal
es ted, energetic, and as worthy of mpect
from the outside world, a the resident
of any other town or city in Nebraska.
The "general hubbub" of which he
speaks, was a quiet, decisive movement
of our best meu in their efforts to obtain
an office of importance to the valley.
Oh Shades of the Immortals ! How old
is this weary 'Traveller," that he looks
down on the middle-aged, and meu
whose hairs are bleasomiug for the grave,
and calls them 'aspiring youths." We
suggest to him to publish his habits of
living to the world, that they may profit
by it, and become old and possessed of
"judgment'' and wisdom. Again he
says:
" While Red Cloud is an enterprising,
go-ahead town, I find that it is in the
extreme southeast corner of toe district.
I bad a large petition offered for my sig
nature in the evening, but dechaed na
thegrouud of not bviug areaideiit. The
youthful aspirant said that that was no
objection, that they were not doing any
thing farther up the river, aad that they
asked everybody to mub who passed
through, lesidest or no resident."
If oar Traveller" had carefally node
that petition, which ke tay was olered
to him to be atgaed, he would have seen
that it enlk for n rebonnding ef the dis
trict, which will, if granted, give Reel
Ckmda nMre central neeition; and if
this be accented we are snreef the often.
Bnt the Utter nertienef the taetnwoen-
tion is the climax of his slander. The
men of Red Cloud who held the petition
have given, aiid are ready to again give
an affidavit that the names of cit.ns
on that petition am bona fide reetdecU
of this place, and no "youthful aspirant
did, during the time that the petition, was
in circulation made any suck statement
as" Traveller" refers to in the quotation.
Other statements in the article are of
doubtful authority, but we forbear to
mention them for want of space. Sufice
it to say, the whole letter shows an in
tention to mislead the public mind ; and
by carefully concealing the date of his
letter, thereby showing a cowardly spirit;
be makes it appear that nil this is of late
occurrence, when the tacts in the case
arc that the petition wa in Washington
three weeks ago. We advise Mr. "Trav
eller" to be more careful in future how
he dabbles with his pen, for he may find
that even the "natives" have life of
which he never dreamed, nod such in
sults will not be borne with impunity.
OUUVDIAHSCAIZ.
It is now over, but while it lasted it
hurt us badly. But few people know
it originated, and it is proper that we
should tell what we know about it. Our
Trieifds abroadTsbould klRJW that the mil -
itary department of the Platte had head
quarters at Omaha, and besides the sol
diers on duty, there was employed a
large number of civilians as clerks, eta
The amouut of money paid out in that
city was about $60,000 per month. Well
the cutting down of the number of troops
from a war to a peace footing, reduced
the expenditures to $15 000 per month,
a reduction that displeased the "Ouia
hogs" as their pickings would not be so
extensive. So to scare the war depart
ment into continuing the force at Omaha,
so thai over a half million of dollars
would be put iuto circulation there. A
great to-do was mado about hostile In
dians, and an effort was thereby made to
circumvent the war . department at
Washington, and all the rumors from
every course was seized upon by the
Omaha papers to make good their de
mands. Now the fact is that no hostile
Indians are in Nebraska. That our Re
publican valley is so well settled that no
force of Indians, however hostile, could
ever uiak much headway ; and, finally
all reports of danger are false, and calcu
lated to mislead, delude and fool people
of eastern States, who contemplate com
iug to Nebraska.
EDUCATIONAL.
To the Chief : Our young State is
advancing rapidly in everything that
pertains to improvement in tho arts and
sciences as well as developing the natural
resources of the prairies. We look with'
pride upon the influx of immigration
which daily throng our streets and bid
them welcome. They come from nearly
every northern state, .and. the Canada.
Tbey'briijg with them their own ideas of
r labor, of thought, and principle. These
must be moulded to agree in the main,
that we may by uuiting these several
parts into one grand whole, have a com
munity which feel for the interest of the
whole, and work for the moral and intel
lectual good of society. Our own county
is rapidly gaining in population, and
amid the settlers who are here, we have
those who left pleasant homes in the
east, and who were surrounded by many
priviileges, which they must for the
present forego. Many of the youth have
left homes where these priviileges of ob
taining a good education were excellent
and where they were daily improving
them. Here they not only miss those
opportunities nut look with anxiety to
the day when they may here too, hear
the sound of the school bell, which shall
regularly call them to scholastic labors,
at least two-thirds of the year. Our
common schools are doing good work in
nearly every district, and we do not cast
a single reflection asainst the noble
work which they are performing. But
wo are. already beginning to feel the need
of something more ; an advance iu the
ranks of improvement is necessary, in
our village and in the county. Red
Cloud alone, at present, contains pupils
enough for two large schools, besides ad
vanced pupils, who would, if opportunity
offered, take an extended course iu
study. During the past winter numer
ous applications have been made for ad
mittance to the schools from pupils liv
ng in other districts, which on account
of the crowded condition of our school,
could not be granted.
Now in view ef the rapid grewth of
our ;own and surrounding country, can
we not have a higher school established
at which these pupils, who have taken
the common school studies, may have
the opportunity to still further advance.
Our town is now one of the largest in
the Republican valley, and the establish
ment ol a high school here, would tend
to develop our town still further, give
our young men and women a chance to
prosecute their studies as they might
have done in the east, and thus become
a blessing to the town and county. We
leave these remarks to the conssdnration
of our School Board, and others inter
ested, and hope that while other depart
sneats of activity are receiving their full
share of patronage, this net the leant im
portant, will have a hearing, ami the
consequent notion to improve ov enmnty.
Scribkndo.
Thb Timber- Law. A dtspntds to
the State Jomrmil recently, from Sean
tor Hitchcock, says that the amend
to the timber law, whiew. has
passed the Senate, was yesterday ecn-
onrred in hy the Hewn
tivea aad eely sacks thn
to became a bw.
FROM RIVERTOrt
RlVXBTOK, Neb. March 6, 1874.
Farewell to snow. Lobff still receiving
goods every day. Thompson was seen
very bwy- running up aad down the
creek, watching the engineers getting
the fall of the new mill site, boots stock
outside of Jus pants, hat thrown back on
his heed, n broad grin on his congenial
face, and the way he scratched his bead
every time the word, one more foot fall
was uttered. Iu fact it would have done
Nach good" to have seen him, when he
left for hw field cf glory, the on dit. have
it be bad n two pound plug, and one
pound of aanfcking tobacco in his pocket;
this much is known, thai n dense cloud
of smoke was seen moving up and down
the creek that afternoon ; and in the
morning he was seen in LohfTs store,
pipe in hand, asking who had tobacco.
In your last issue your readers wished
to know from what family, Yonng AVJi
birontifoseofornis sprung ; well, sir, he
sprung from the illustrious house ef
Mattemimortontholoau9, who inter-married
with the renowned family of Urono
notooshplomignmtutas. Illustrious resi
dents cf the Island of Boomwoldkhliiuo
zop, in Ana minor, and now under the
einwineVnumsty of Globbomivuntic,
ZeggVpiMiwnmpum Rbpotoobovng
Should any one be desirous of finding
the exact locality let him send to St.
Petersburg, and obtain the Ctar of all
the Rcpias history, of the ancient nobil
ity of bis Asiatic dominions.
Several new comers haver arrived to
locate around these parts.
SKEPlAISINfc
Rivebton, Franklin Co , Neb.
March 5th, 1-74.
Editor Chief : While we laud our
valley and ils advantages, let us serious'y
turn our attention to making those ad
vantages profitable. There is a question
of vast interest to us, in the sheep in
dustry. Amongst the many newspaper
correspondents of the present, very few
have touched ou this subject, and yet, it
is ono that would have the greatest bear
ing on our future prosperity ; cheap
transportation, the fertility of. the soil,
and most other subjects, are spoken
about and discussed, with animation and
spirit ; while the fact that our grasses,
ample range, climate and unlimited
water supply, suited to the wool indus
try are scarcely noticed.
If farming is to bo made profitable,
the farmer must stud that which will
enable him to make it so. The yearly
planting and raiding of grain, don't ap
pear to me to be tho most profitable kind
of farming. Stock in variety, would
seem more in accordance with the fact,
cattle, bogs, horses, poultry and sbvep,
must each be entered into. What one
animal will not use, the other will By
this system, nothing will be wasted ; and
while grain has n tendency to exhaust
tJtejsrfelNtive aualitiae of the aoile ani
mal raising will have a counter-bearing
in the same direction.
Men of small means, cannot invest in
the heavier stock; but all, more or less,
can do so in sheep. Wool is high and
always will be, from the fact of the an
nual increase in our population, which
will require clothing all along, and if
ererj farmer in this valley, on an aver
age owned, say 20 sheep, what do your
think would be the amount of wool
yearly. raised theirio. Let us say the
number of farmers in the Republican
tier of countits will amount to 6,000,
twenty sheep to each farmer is 120,000
sheep, and four pounds of wool per sheep
will amount to 480,000 pounds of wool,
annually raised in the valley ; and where
there is such an immense amount of
wool the result would be, that with our
facilities for manufacturing this into
cloth, with our good mill streams, facto
ries would jump into existence, in every
locality ; more sheep raising would be
enteied into, the continual drain on onr
financial resources, (for the article; cloth
checked. Men would get employment,
other intiustries follow, and prosperity
would begin to dawn, on the valley of
the Republican.
O'SOLLIVAIf.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.
Mr. Editor : I see in your last is
sue an article headed by a farmer, stat
ing that there was a man of means ready
to baild a mill in this county, of sufi
cient capacity to do the business of the
conty-jf the county would give him
eight thousaul dollars to use for ten
years, without ioterest. Almost any man
would have means if it were given him,
and could afford to do the farmers grind
ing cheap, because the use of the money
would be worth more to him than all
that the farmers would receive extra by
light tolls. I am informed that there is
to be n mill built this summer by men
that propose to be governed by State
regulations and that if the
Webster county propose to
amount of four thousand d
years, it would be received and
given, and abed to the be
men that build aa well as the
It would help them a good deal
plethf n geod mill, which is very
needed ia this place, an it U pro
buiJdkhere. Farmers thiak the mat.
ter ever and net according ly to yev in
terest, tad they wiU abide the cccmion.
They hwrc agreed tn do what is right iu
regmd tn Um fawmecs intcrcat as wclas
FARMkUL
OMl-OnracwaUican City
is cJeemeat over the ladOuMcremttvuL
"Mayhcac, may be no an!" Gncaa,
dew t nenjBcdy know, exactly! Wenld'at
swcl" XawrefliT.
jhsople of
he to the
ouaifj for fre
fftecvity
neaewit tne
ilioom-
Wach
dtc
VALLEY HOUSE!
Red Claud. Nebraska.
JOS. C. WARNER, Proprietor.
This Hotel is entirely aew.hariac beea bailt
the prceeat season, aaa is Itted ap with reward
to
C0XF01T AlfD COUVWUNCI.
BOARD BY THE DAT k WEEK
At reasonable rates.
A larre aad cotaaodioM STONE STABLE
ha jest beea added to the premises.
mm-Q4 Barber in atttadaace at the House.
W BROWN.
CARPENTER 4 BUILDER,
Bed Clcnd, Vetettra.
1$ prepared to make estimates aad take eoa
tracts for all fciads of baildings. 37-t
J09ETH Jk. PEERTe
REAL ESTATE
AMD
TAX-PAYING AGENT.
ntANHJN CTTT, Franklin Couty Neb.
OLDEST
RVf;STOflE
IN RED CLOUD.
Opposite Garber A Co.
DRUGS, STATIONERY, FINE
SOAPS, SPICES,
Patent Medicln's
PURE WINES & LIQUORS,
CIGARS, MATCHES,
And the thousand and" one things usually
kept in similar establishments con
stantly on hand! and for sale
CHEAP FOtt CASFI.
Call and See.
MRS. H.r.LUTZ.
GEORGE ZEISS,
DIALIBB IX
Wines A Liquors,
CIGARS,
Chevv.nfl, Smoking, Tobacco,
CANNED FRUITS
OF ALL KINDS,
AND
CONFECTIONERIES
A Specialty.
myFrsh Lager Beer from " Antelope".'
Brewery, constantly on hand.
RED CLOUD, NEB.
13tf -
LAND! UNPI
NOW IS THE BEST TIME
To secure
CHEAP HOMES.
The B & M. R. R. LANDS
IN WEBSTER CO. NEB.
Arc now in market, and are offered at
low rates and on tex tears' time to
actual settlers, at rata varying from
$1.50 to $0,00 per acre
With a liberal deduction for cash in
hand.
These lands are among the best in
the Republican Valley, and are
UNSURPASSED FOR FERTILITY
and beauty of Location.
Lee Estell.
RED CLOUD - - - NEB.,
LOCAL A0ZNT F01 WEB3T21 COTOTY,
Will at all times be ready to give all
information in regard to location of land,
terms of payment, Ac.
TZZrOLLCWIW ZXTUCTS
From the Circulars of the B. & M. R.
R. Co., will in t measure, explain their
terms and the advantages offered.
The purchaser can pay cash, or di
vide the amount into three equal part,
paying oue-thrd down, one-third in one
year, and ooothirdin two years, with
iateres at tea per cent annually; or he
can have tes tears' time in which to
make up the sum by small annual pay
ments at six per-cenL intere.
Most bay on this htter plan of
TEN YEARS' CREDIT!
In which case the purchaser pays
at the outset one year s interest at six
per-cent- oa the price. He makes three
other payments, each of six per cent'
at the coatasencment of the second,
third and fourth years. At the eommenc
meat of the fifth year, he pays one
seventh cf the piindpal and one years
ioterest on the remainder, aad the name
at tie commeccment of each successive
year until all has been paid at the end
of te years. Any buyer can pay in full
at nay time aad get a warranty deed free
of ali iaenmbranee.
Beyers oa oar long aad geaeroai cred
it ef tea years, are expected to settle
aad improve their land at their earliest
ccaveaicnce, say within one or two years
ao as to improve about three tenths of
the land bengal, wkaia three years from
date of pvjreemea.
fsaTBetter terms hare never beea of
sWnd aad prchably never will be.
fOTWa fila cccnanrisca aad defy
A. CARBER & CO.
GUIDE JCOCMl -- - JVEBR.1SK,
DBUiKfts IN
GENIAL MERCHANDISE
Consisting of
DRY COODS AND GROCERIES,
Boots A
Hati mnd Caps,
Tobacco, Cigar.
And eterylning uaaffy kept in country stores.
Give us a call, examine goods, inquire prices and he coaviuced that the
place to trade is AT IIOMkV
A. O AI?KKR'c Co,
U-
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NEW STORE
NEW
JOHN
Tske pleasure in informing the citizen of Bed' Cloud, and the Public
that they have-opened out arid have on hand a new and complete stock cf
Staple ? Fancy Groceries
Of every name and variety, selected
the People of of
CALL AND SEE OCR STOCK.
Wc have,- afcey a fine Stock of
DRY COODs, Boots & friioes-
BEREXZEK fc Co., ltecl Cloc.fi, ?
NEW COODS!
JOHN G. POTTER
Takes this method to foform the PUBLIC that ho has Just
opened up a new and complete Stock of
DRY COODS & GROCERIES.
Consisting in part c
CALICOES. DARK, LIGHT & lINK,
CHAM HUES. DKLAINK.S. LUVNff,
, DRESS TRIMMINGS ,t LfNINfTS.
CORSETS Jk SKIIir. VAILS .v GLOTKS.
IILKAUHKD AND UNBLKACHEI) HVSUX9
TABLE LINENS. & TOWELING.
HANTS, OVER ALLS A SHIRTING.
BOOTS eft ailOKM, II ATMs CAP,
COFFEE, SUGARS & TEAS of all Kindt,
Canned Fruits, Oysters and Crackers,
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco,
FLOUR MEAL & BACON-
And everything usually kept in a First Class Dry Good & Grocery Store.
JOHN G. POTTER,
Red Cloud, Nebraska.
LUMBER! LUMBER
W. L. VANALSTYNE
RED 0,0110, - - VEBRASK,1.
DEALER I
PINE LUMBER,
Doors, Blind
Sa'stv Mouldings
Lime, Tarred Paper Etc-
And every Article usually kept in a Firi CIa Lumber Yard.
fafPrices invariably Four Dollars in advance of railroad pricca.
I GUARANTE& TO DUPLICATE ANV BILL THAT CAN B! CO
AT JUNIATA OR HASTINGS.
Republican River
STAGE LINE-
J3If XXZZJT, TrsarUtar.
Regular tries will he made between
JUNIATA and RED CLOUD
Oa Tuesdays aad Wednesday 0f eaeh
week. I shall be pleased to carry r
racers upea the day mcniirmrxl. leav
ing Jnaiata, at ft a. M. ott Taday.,
aad Sed Cload at a. ., Wdhj,
V"
N"E"W STO R E
COODS,
C -V eft CO,
with facial rcferenco
the Republican Valley.
to the wants cf
LATH, SHINGLES
BUY YOUR HEDGE PUNTS
ATHOMJB
And you will get Geod Sicck.
rtobfjH 4 Dfcpfso,
Offer for aaJe the CMamg fl
2DO.OOO Osage
Htjdgfi Plants.
ONE THOUAND MUCH TKXI
XarHry
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